VHS has a Loaner 3D printer available for VHS members .
My goal is to draw a group of Mona Lisa sketches using an Andy Warhol style. I wanted a quick way to get the proportions right at the start so I decided to make a template.
I’ve outlined the general process and tools used to create this template.
- Grab a Public Domain image of the Mona Lisa
- Process this image with Toonpaint and Affinity Photo to create a png stencil image.
- Import this png stencil image file into Inkscape and use “Scan Bitmap” to create and save this image as a Scalable Vector Graphic (svg) file.
- Next step is to import svg file into Fusion 360 and create a 3D model.
- From Fusion 360 export this 3D model as an stl file,
- Next prepare the gcode for 3D printing from the stl using Slic3r
- Finally run Pronterface to do the actual 3D printing.
Below is a few snaps of the 3D printing and final results.
Pronterface interface to the 3D printer
Starting the First Layer
The finished Print.
Shadow casting is pretty cool.
Template on a blank page.
Quick pencil outline as the start of the sketch.
All that work above just to get this. Whew!
First attempt. Obviously needs work but looks promising
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